Chandigarh issues helpline numbers for home delivery of medicines
Governor of Punjab and Administrator VP Singh Badnore on Tuesday presided over a review meeting through a video conferencing with all the officers of the Tricity and reviewed the situation during the curfew period amid coronavirus outbreak. As regarding the Senior Citizens staying without assistance, a provision for Home delivery of medicines has also been ensured.
Meanwhile, the medicines are available on call (Home Delivery) on these three numbers i.e 9815272650, 9814055034 and 9876537241 from 10:00 AM to 07:00 PM. Moreover, the chemist shops in the city have already been allowed to open throughout the curfew.
Meanwhile, the Governor of Punjab and Administrator thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for such a quick action in giving two months ration money to people. The decision was taken by the Government of India on the request of Chandigarh Administration after the personal intervention of the Governor himself.
The Chandigarh Administration has released the food subsidy for the month of May 2020 along with the subsidy of April 2020 and the same has been credited in the accounts of registered beneficiaries of UT Chandigarh.
Likewise, he gave directions to the officials to maintain strictness during curfew and ensure that there was no unnecessary crowd or congestion anywhere on the streets. He further directed the police authorities to strictly implement the orders.
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However, a relaxation on case to case basis and on humanitarian grounds is to be given to people for emergency medical work, wherever required, he said. It was also directed to ensure that the Government employees going for duty to banks, press, or the Government officials of the neighbouring states do not suffer while checking by the police during the curfew period.
-PTC News
